Musical interlude
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Runnin’ Down a Dream
2017
Nature’s Parting Gift
Tropical storm Nate is expected to gather strength as it crosses the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and heads for landfall Sunday morning somewhere in Louisiana or Alabama.…
Will Trump Scuttle the Iran Nuclear Deal? If He Does, Only a Fool Would Trust the United States.
Here’s the problem. Donald Trump cannot understand why anyone would believe, much less trust, the United States anyway. He’s a pathological liar, he knows that, and he expects others to…
It’s a Familiar Pattern
A hallmark of the rise of illiberal democracy is the suppression or intimidation of the judiciary. Authoritarian rule can rarely abide the rule of law and seeks to subvert it…
Oct. 6: An Ugly World.
On Thursday, our local papers went wild with indignation when it was officially revealed that a company called Atcon some years ago had hit the government (and the taxpayers) for…
Elements of a Successful Panel
Congrats, you have an all male panel! Follow the #allmalepanel hashtag on Twitter and you’ll find that there’s no end to the creation of bad panels and the commentators that…
Is Your Smartphone Dumbing You Down? Ask the Guys Who Made That Possible.
This is fascinating, a resistance movement emerging within Silicon Valley. They’re speaking out and warning of a dire threat that probably spends a good deal of time in your hand.…
Five Things You Need to Know About the Cancellation of the Energy East Oilsands Pipeline
TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline is officially dead. Announced via press release on Thursday, the news confirmed long-held suspicions that the $15.7 billion, 4,500 km oilsands pipeline simply wouldn’t cut it…
Important www.warrenkinsella.com alert!
Canada’s Best-Loved Political Web Site™, https://t.co/WjfUnhChjo, going down this weekend for a bit. Big changes afoot! — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 6, 2017
And They Want More Tax Cuts, Ever More Tax Cuts.
Since 9/11 America’s adventures in the Middle East have run up astonishing costs. As of this time last year the total of all direct and indirect costs was estimated at…
B.C. Coal Mine Company Teck Fined $1.4 Million for Polluting B.C. River
Teck Resources pled guilty Thursday to three violations of the federal Fisheries Act for polluting a tributary of the Elk River and was sentenced to pay a $1,425,000 penalty into…
Cats and beasts #10
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In The Eye Of The Beholder
It is my practice each evening at 6:30 to switch back and forth between NBC Nightly News and Global National, in part because I like to see the differing emphases…
Me and Charles on stuff
He thinks I’m a quote machine. I don’t necessarily disagree, but I’m not sure that’s a good thing, either.
Making Their Way Bareheaded
An entire generation — those who are presently in charge — has grown up thinking that the Unholy Trinity — Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek and Ayn Rand — understood how…
The latest from the son of Gord Lewis of Teenage Head
His location information would be appreciated by me and the police. He’s a friend of white supremacist lunatic Kathy Shaidle. I’m told he’s the same criminal who did this.
Or, as George Carlin said, how come when it’s us it’s abortion, and when it’s a chicken it’s an omelette?
The key thing when you are playing politics with abortion is not to look like you are playing politics with abortion. #onpoli #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 6, 2017
Is Andrew Scheer Canada’s Milo Yiannopoulos?
In my last post I looked at how the creepy social conservative Andrew Scheer was accusing the Trudeau Liberals of "intolerance," for refusing to accept his nomination of Rachael Harder…
“What to my wondering eyes should appear…”
Christmas was in in October this year. The wife needed some parmesan cheese for our spaghetti dinner and insisted I stop at the local Metro grocery store. I went in…
Ode to Tom Petty
What an amazing collection of talent. The Traveling Wilburys – Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jim Keltner on drums. The band wasn’t around long…